Nikos Kipourgos: Yellow (Kitrino)
(Dimitris Mavrikios)
(Nikos Kipourgos: Garden Secrets, Track 18)
 | Translated from the Greek |
Ochre the lounge
and the lampshade yellow,
canary the balcony
and the curtains yolk.
Can the watermelon be melon
and every car a taxi?
Yellow dust, yellow snow in everything.
Poppies are jealous
and the washing blue slavers.
They run to the hairdressers
to make themselves blond.
Yellow rouge on the lips,
yellow bleach, yellow dust, yellow snow.
Aah, yellow!
and the lampshade yellow,
canary the balcony
and the curtains yolk.
Can the watermelon be melon
and every car a taxi?
Yellow dust, yellow snow in everything.
Poppies are jealous
and the washing blue slavers.
They run to the hairdressers
to make themselves blond.
Yellow rouge on the lips,
yellow bleach, yellow dust, yellow snow.
Aah, yellow!